2026 Football Roster
Jersey Number 97
Mike Jarvis
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- DL
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 295
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
- Hometown:
- Medford, N.J.
2024 (Jr.):
Student-Athlete Q&A
Favorite meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and what is that special meal?
If I could, I would eat steak all day every day.
What is your favorite hobby outside of athletics?
I like to play golf when I’m not playing football.
Do you have any current pets (name and type of animal)?
I have a Bean Yorkipoo.
Who was your favorite athlete growing up?
JJ Watt
What is your Go-To karaoke song?
Hotel room service.
What is your dream vacation spot and why?
I would like to visit the Bahamas because there is great fishing there.
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member
- Saw playing time in 11 of 12 games
- Missed the UMass game due to injury
- Finished the season with five tackles (two solo, three assisted)
- Also recorded 1.0 tackles for a loss (four yards) and a pass breakup
- PFF.com snap count: 192 (177 – defense; 15 – special team)
- Recorded solo tackles against UTEP and East Carolina
- Two assisted tackles against Buffalo in the Bahamas Bowl, including a four-yard assisted sack
- Transferred to Liberty from Wisconsin
- Did not see any playing time during the 2022 and 2023 seasons
- Redshirted in 2021
- Two-time member of the Academic All-Big Ten teams
- Graduated from Shawnee High School in Medford, N.J.
- Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals
- Named to NJ.com’s All-Group 4 team as a senior
- Team captain as a senior
- Had 44 tackles, 3.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in just seven games as a senior
- Recorded 87 tackles, 10 sacks and four forced fumbles as a junior
- Had 50 tackles, 3.0 sacks and two fumble recoveries as a sophomore
- Four-year member of the honor roll
- Also played baseball as a freshman
- Son of Jan Drayton and Scott Jarvis
- Interdisciplinary Studies major
- Birthday is September 26
Student-Athlete Q&A
Favorite meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and what is that special meal?
If I could, I would eat steak all day every day.
What is your favorite hobby outside of athletics?
I like to play golf when I’m not playing football.
Do you have any current pets (name and type of animal)?
I have a Bean Yorkipoo.
Who was your favorite athlete growing up?
JJ Watt
What is your Go-To karaoke song?
Hotel room service.
What is your dream vacation spot and why?
I would like to visit the Bahamas because there is great fishing there.
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